Materials Characterization: Modern Methods and Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814613061 ISBN 13: 9789814613064

Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

This book highlights methods of characterizing material properties at nano, micro, and macro levels. Chapter 1 addresses nanaoindentation techniques comprehensively. Chapter 2 concerns polymer surface properties using nanoindentation techniques. Chapter 3 deals with the wear properties of dental composites. Chapter 4 compares global and local properties of a lead free solder. Chapter 5 discusses methods of determining plastic zones at the crack tip. Fatigue resistance of a synthetic polymer under different loading conditions is dealt with in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 is a review of methods of measuring fatigue crack growth resistance. Chapter 8 treats bulk and surface properties of coated materials. Chapter 9 presents a method for determining elastic constants using a resonance technique. This book gives a comprehensive state-of-the-art treatment to nanoindentation techniques and applications (four chapters cover metals, polymers, and rubber-novel applications such as creep and impact tests results at micro/nano level are considered). In fact Chapter 1 is a thorough analysis of this technique, its possibilities, and future developments. There are two chapters regarding corrosion and abrasion resistance of metals and dental composites and three chapters treating fatigue-one on rubber that highlights a hitherto unknown mechanism in a chloroprene rubber. There is one chapter on a very precise technique for modulus measurements up to 1200 C.

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Review

"This timely book gives an impressive overview of the mechanical characterization of materials in terms of theories and applications. It provides good examples that illustrate the methods to determine the local and global mechanical properties of a wide range of materials. It is a good reference book for academic researchers in various engineering disciplines and professional engineers to gain a comprehensive understanding of materials characterization and select appropriate methods to assess the mechanical responses of advanced materials."
― Dr. Jinju Chen, Newcastle University, UK

About the Author

Narayanaswami Ranganathan is head of the Laboratory of Mechanics and Rheology at the University of Tours, France, and overseas professor at Anna University and SRM University, Chennai, India. He was a visiting professor at École Polytechnique, Montréal, Canada, in 1993. His research interests comprise materials fatigue, nanocharacterization of material behavior, and fracture mechanics, and he has more than 100 research publications in these fields. Prof. Ranganathan has given talks in related fields all over Europe and the United States, and also at several prestigious universities, including Cambridge University, Columbia University, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Waterloo, IIT Madras, and IIT Delhi.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9814613061
• ISBN 13: 9789814613064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Ranganathan Naryanaswami (Mohan)